CCEI Offers Online Training for Managing Stress in the Classroom

ChildCare Education Institute® (CCEI), a distance learning professional developmentand certificate provider, offersSOC102: From Chaotic to Calm: Managing Stress in the Classroom as an online no-cost trial child care training course to new CCEI users during the month of April.

Children begin experiencing stress at an early age, and it's important for childcare providers to provide stability and guidance to help children cope with that stress. This course will provide an understanding of childhood stress and will give information, activity ideas, and tools for easing children's anxieties and worries in the classroom. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to identify various sources of stress, demonstrate understanding of recommended steps in conflict resolution, identify key elements of the temporal and physical environment that build self-esteem in children, and much more.

“It’s critical for early childhood educators to understand the signs and symptoms of stress in young children” says Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI. “This course provides useful information to help early care providers identify stress in their students, and then help them build and develop a foundation of healthy emotional skills.”

This beginner-level training course is available as a trial course to new users with CCEI account creation in April. Current CCEI users with active, unlimited annual subscriptions can enroll in professional development courses at no additional cost when logged in to their CCEI account. Users without subscriptions can purchase child care training courses as block hours through CCEI online enrollment.

ChildCare Education Institute® provides high-quality, distance education certificates and child care training programs in an array of child care settings, including preschool centers, family child care, prekindergarten classrooms, nanny care, online daycare training and more. Over 100 English and Spanish child care training courses are available online to meet licensing, recognition program, and Head Start Requirements. CCEI also has online certification programs that provide the coursework requirement for national credentials including the CDA, Director and Early Childhood Credentials. Several certification programs have been evaluated and awarded college credit recommendations by the National College Credit Recommendation Service (National CCRS). CCEI is nationally accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and is authorized under the Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990, license number 837.